European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes sports wednesday May 18,1994 tigers Catcher Chad Kreuter tries to tag the Blue jays Paul Molitor during third inning action monday in Toronto. Monitor was ruled Safe and the jays went on to win 7-2.Rookie s debut gives Texas a lift by the associated press Rusty Greer Felt like any anxious Rook in. Good thing for him and the Texas rangers he did t hit like one Greer coming off a sleepless night and a full Day of travelling homered and drove in three runs in his major league debut monday night helping the Texas rangers beat the Oakland athletics 11-7 in 10 innings. I Greer called up from triple a Oklahoma City when Gary Redus was put on the disabled list flick out during Texas six run first inning he homered to Lead off the second against Carlos Reyes and added a two american league run single in the 10th. A a the second time up 1 was still scared to death a he said a i was excited and nervous. 1 was just trying to put the Bat on the  Greer a Homer gave the rangers a 7-0 Lead but they  hold it in Oakland. The a a tied it in the. Ninth on Mike Aldrete a sacrifice Fly. A Texas won in the 10th when Dean Palmer Drew a walk from Billy Taylor 02ivan Rodriguez singled and David Hulse hit an rib single off Edwin Nunez. In other games monday Blue jays 7, tigers 2 at Toronto Joe Carter drove in four runs giving him a major league leading 43 Bis and the Blue jays stopped a five game losing Streak Detroit has lost four in a Row. Carter had three hits including a double. Roberto Alomar drove in two runs for the Host Blue jays Juan Guzman 44 gave up four hits in 51/3  6, mariners 4 at Seattle Tom Gordon improved to 7-1 lifetime at the kingdom. Ken Griffey or. Hit his 15th Homer for the mariners. Serving As the designated hitter a Day after  his right knee running out a grounder he homered for the third straight game. A Gordon 3-2 struck out eight in 7v4 innings. He allowed four hits including two run homers by Griffey and Tino Martinez Jeff Montgomery pitched the ninth for his fifth  sox 8, Angels 5 at Anaheim Robin Ventura and Julio Franco each drove in three runs and Chicago Defeated California. Ventura hit his ninth Homer and Franco doubled Home a run. The White sox scored three unearned runs on displays by outfielders Chad Curtis and Dwight Smith. Red sox7 bullpen is busiest in Al Byron Gloster Boston apr the closer wants to be a setup Man. The setup Man wants to be the closer. A right hander wants to pitch left handed. There a plenty of versatility in the red sox bullpen the busiest Relief Crew in the american league and one of its Besta a a a a v. A. Boston is second Only to Baltimore  league with 15 saves. And while Lee Smith has 15 of the orioles 16 saves theft Are four red sox with saves this season. The red sox whose 24-12 record is second Best in baseball to the Al East rival new York Yankees also Lead the league with 99 Relief appearances and Are tied for last with just two Complete games. A a Bostons a got the Best Middle Relief now in maybe the american league a said California manager Buck Rodgers whose Angels Are 0-6 against the red sox this a season. A a that a what gotten them so far this season is their  Boston manager Butch Hobson has used his bullpen Early and often this season. He used five relievers to get nine oils in Friday nights 5-3 win Over the Toronto Blue jays and has frequently used several pitchers in an inning. Part of Hobsons Reliance on the bullpen has been due to problems in the starting rotation. Roger Clemens started slowly this year Frank Viola is out with an Elbow injury and Joe Hesketh no longer has the Arm strength to pitch a Complete game. A the first couple of weeks the bullpen was our strength a said Boston pitching coach Mike Roarke. A your starters weren to getting the Job done and weren to in there very  Jeff Russell who has nine saves is the closer. But he has an 0-2 record and a 6.10 Era and has struggled with injuries this season. Russells setup Man and heir apparent is Ken Ryan who has three saves and has not allowed a run in 74-3 innings this season. Astro k by the associated press Dave Veres did no to have time to get nervous. Good thing a. A a a v Veres summoned in the sixth inning to face one Batter a Matt Williams a with the bases loaded a struck out the National leagues leading Home run hitter and earned his first major league win monday night As the Houston astros Defeated the san Francisco giants 3-2. Leading 2-1 thanks to Julia mss 15th Homer in the fifth inning the giants loaded the bases in the sixth against Shane Reynolds. Houston manager Terry Collins then called on Veres a Rookie to pitch to Williams. Go get Mem Rookie. A i was More pumped than nervous a said Veres. A the first two strikes went of but after it got to 22 things slowed Down and got  Veres who had never faced Williams before threw a Slider for a called strike three. A i threw a Slider hoping he would swing at it a said the 27-year-old right hander. A i was Lucky and he took it for a  Veres 1-1 lost his major league debut May 10 to los Angeles with one third inning of Relief. A a it a kind of weird one third of an inning and i get a loss acid one third of an inning and i get a win a a Quot. Williams offered no excuses. A a that a the first time in be seen some of those >7?5ung Guys but if you re swinging the Bat Good it does no to matter who you face a he said. Jeff Bagwell hit two homers his 10th and 11th, to help the astros to their second w in in seven games. Bryan Hickerson 2-2 allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings. Trailing 2-1 in the sixth Craig Biggin walked with one out and Bagwell hit his second Homer to make it 3-2. Quot a National league Mitch Williams got two outs for his fifth save. Elsewhere in the no monday pirates 7, cardinals 2 at Pittsburgh Tom Foley drove in four runs As the pirates roughed up seven game Winner Bob Tewksbury. Tewksbury 7-1who Hadnot lost since sept. 21, gave up six runs and six hits in six innings. He failed to become the first Cardinal since Bob Gibson in 1965 to Start a season 80. Tewksbury was out dulled by Denny Neagle 44who pitched three hit Ball Over seven innings. Cubs 4, padres 2 at Chicago Steve Buechele hit a two run Homer As Anthony Young and the cubs handed the padres their eighth straight loss. Young 2-3who benefited from three double plays gave up five hits and two runs in seven innings. Expos 4, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia Darrin Fletcher drove in two runs As the expos kept Curt Schilling wingless this season. Schilling 0-7who was 16-7 in 1993, allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. Marlins 3, mets 1 at new York Chuck Carr doubled three times and scored the go ahead run in the eighth by streaking Home on a grounder. Dodgers 9, Rockies 2 at Denver Tim Wallach and Mike Piazza each homered to Lead the dodgers to their seventh straight win and into sole Possession of first place in the no West for the first me since oct. 1, 1991